Improvement in toy money-boxes



J. BLANO. ,Toy Money-Box.

No. 196,966. Patented NOV."1 3, 1877.

INVENTDFL' UNITED STATES r PATENT omen JOSEPH BLANG, OF PHILADELPHIA,PA., ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF HIS RIGHT i i TO J. Q, AI ZIEGLER, OF SAMEPLACE.

IMPROVEMENT YIN TOY MONEY-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,966, data November13, 1877 application filed i September 11, 1877.

To all whom it mwy concern:

Be it known that ,I, J osEPHBLANc, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Mechanical Toy and Savings Bank, which improvement isfully set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings.

My invention consists of a box or safe of suitable dimensions, the topor cover of which serves as a platform for two dancing figures and thefigure of a man, who is supposed to have charge of the money depositedwithin the box. The box 'also incloses the mechanism, which is suspendedfrom the under side of thelid, for operating the figures. The figuresare operated by a clock mechanism, and are set in motion by a penny orother coin inserted through a slot leading into the box, which releasesa pawl, and allows the coiled spring to expand sufficiently tocommunicate motion to the dancing figures. At the same time a lever isoperated, which draws ahinged lid down over the slot, causing the figureof the man or banker to bend over, as though in the act of closing thesame.

Figure '1 is a front elevation of my mechani' cal toy and savings bank,with one side of the box removed to expose the interior of the same.

ig. 2 is a plan view of the mechanism for operating the figures. Fig. 3is a side view of the device, partly in section, for starting andarresting the movement of the dancing figures, and for operating the lidand figure connected therewith. Fig. 4 is a side view of the gearwheels,showing them properly geared for transmitting motion. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the levers and pin-wheel for controlling themovements of the figures.

A, Fig. 1, is the box which incloses the clock-work, and serves as amoney-box. B B are two dancing figures, placed on the cover 0 of thebox, and supported upon vertical wires or rods 1) b, which are attachedto a vibrating lever, D. E, Figs. 1 and 3', is a smaller box on thecover 0, through which coins are dropped to set the figures in motion. Fis a hinged lid covering said box, to which are attached the pivotedarms of a stationary figure, B The body of this figure is also pivotedto the legs,

I is a key for winding said spring, and J a' wheel which gears with apinion, K, on the axle H. J Figs. 2 and 4, is a wheel on the axle Hwhich communicates motion, through the pinion K, spur-wheel J and pinionK to the axle H One end of the axle H is furnished with a crank, L,Figs. 1, 2, and 4, the pin of which works in a slot in the lever D, andcauses it to vibrate rapidly, and produce a vertical reciprocatingmovement of the wires b I).

Fixed in the opposite sides of the wheel J Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, arestuds or pins m m, one i of which engages with a pawl, N, and arreststhe motion of the clock-work and dancing figuresj.

O is a lever pivoted to the under side of the cover 0, with one endattached to the pawlN and the opposite end provided with a flat plate orblock, 12, which is inserted in an opening in the cover, and: closes thelower part of the slot in the boxE, as shown in Fig. 3.

R is a lever pivoted to shift horizontally, one end of which is bentdownward, and is brought in contact with the pin m on the opposite sideof the wheel J The office of this lever is to open and close the lid onthe box E, to which the figure Btis attached.

An arm, S, projecting from the pintle of the hinged lid, is connected tothe end of the lever by means of a rod, 1", so that the lid may be drawndown by the action of a spring, T, which is continually pressing againstthe lever.

A penny or other coin inserted edgewise within the box E rests upon theplate pend depresses the lever O, causing the opposite end of the leverto raise and release the pawl N from the pin m, which will permit thewheel J 1 to revolve and communicate motion to the dancing figuresthrough the proper train of wheels. At the same time the bent end of thelever R is released from the pin m, permitting,

the spring T to expand and shift the front end of the lever sufficientlyto close the lid F. The

dancing figures B and B continue in motion,

and the figure B remains in a stooping posture, as though holding thelid down, until the pin m on the wheel has made a complete revolution,and is again arrested by the pawl N. The pin m at the same instantshifts and retains the lever B in the opposite direction and opens thelid F. o p

The box A, into which the coins drop, may be provided with a partitionto form a sepa- 1 rate compartment for the money.

What I claim as my'invention is- 1. The combination, in a mechanical toyand savings bank, of the box A, dancing figuresB and B wires or rods 1)b, vibrating lever D, crank L, axle H wheels J J and 'J, pinions K, K,and K coiled spring Gr, leverO, pawl N, pin or stud m, box E, hinged lidF, and figure B connected therewith, lever B, pin or F, figure B leverB, wheel J pin or stud m, rod 1*, arm S, and spring T, substantially asshown and described.

JOSEPH BLANO.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER H. MORGAN, J. Q. A. ZIEGLER.

